2001 North Texas Mean Green football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2001 North Texas Mean Green football Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 5–7 5–1 Darrell Dickey 4th Pro spread Gary DeLoach 2nd 4–3 Fouts Field Sun Belt co-champion New Orleans Bowl L 20–45 vs. Colorado State The 2001 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of the newly-formed Sun Belt Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Darrell Dickey, the Mean Green compiled an overall record of 5–7 with a mark 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt title with Middle Tennessee. North Texas was invited to the New Orleans Bowl, the program's first bowl game appearance since the 1959 Sun Bowl. With a losing record of 5–6, the team usually would not have been be considered bowl-eligible, but the Mean Green were able to play in a bowl game by virtue of their conference title. Previously, the most recent bowl appearance by a team with a losing record had been William & Mary in the 1970 Tangerine Bowl. The Mean Green lost the New Orleans Bowl to Colorado State. North Texas played home games at the Fouts Field in Denton, Texas, Schedule 2001 AP Central September 1 7:05 pm l y TCU Fouts Field Denton, TX 5–19 22,837 September 8 6:30 pm l y y Oklahoma 3 Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK FSN PPV 10–37 74,930 September 22 7:00 pm l y y Texas Tech Texas Stadium Irving, TX 14–42 20,852 September 29 7:00 pm l y y South Florida Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 10–28 25,156 October 6 6:00 pm l y Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, LA 17–19 7,087 October 13 3:05 pm w y Middle Tennessee Fouts Field Denton, TX 24–21 11,621 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26000832/dickey_may_be_under_pressure_at_n_texas/ Dickey may be under pressure at N. Texas Tony Stinnett The Daily News Journal Murfreesboro, Tennessee 15 October 11, 2001 December 6, 2018 newspapers.com October 20 w Arkansas State Fouts Field Denton, TX 45–0 November 3 w y New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM 22–20 November 10 w Louisiana–Lafayette Fouts Field Denton, TX 42–17 November 17 9:00 p.m. w y Idaho Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID 50–27 December 1 l y y Troy State Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL 16–18 15,307 December 18 6:00 pm l y y Colorado State Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA New Orleans Bowl ESPN2 20–45 27,004 2001 North Texas Mean Green Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/north-texas/2001-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference August 14, 2025 2001 Football Schedule https://meangreensports.com/sports/football/schedule/2001 University of North Texas August 14, 2025 Roster 2001 North Texas Mean Green y 3 Micheal Hickmon RB JR y 5 Kevin Galbreath RB JR 6 George Marshall WR JR 7 Andy Blount WR FR 8 Michael Thrash WR JR 10 Jeremy Pearl QB SO y 11 Scott Hall QB SO 12 Andrew Smith QB FR 13 T. J. Culberson WR FR y 14 Spencer Stack QB JR 16 Richard Bridges QB SR 21 Roy Bishop RB FR 26 Corey Watkins WR SR 30 Dustin Dean FB SR 34 Ja'Mel Branch RB FR 38 Ben Miller RB SO 39 Freddie Johnson RB FR 43 Patrick Cobbs RB FR y 51 James Thaggard OL FR 52 Chris Miller OL FR 54 Jonathan Jusiewicz OL FR 57 Andy Brewster OL FR y 59 Casey Carr OL FR 60 Cory Hall OL FR 62 Reginald Odom OL SR 63 Paul Cuington OL FR 64 Jason May OL FR 66 K. J. Jones OL FR 67 Travis Matlock OL SO 68 Ryan Aitchison OL FR 69 Troy Miller OL FR 71 Mark Molamphy OL JR 72 Brad Woosley OL SR 74 Tim Randle OL FR 76 J. R. Randle OL JR 77 Nick Zuniga OL SO 78 Matt Turney OL JR 80 Kevin Howard WR SO 81 Brent DeGroot WR SR 82 Corie Massey WR SR 83 Sam Parker TE SO 84 Rusty Beck TE FR 88 Bobby Gardner TE SO 89 Jeff Muenchow TE JR 1 Jonas Buckles DB FR y 2 Markeith Knowlton DB FR 4 Casey Taylor LB SO 9 Dominique Mackey DB FR y 15 Montrell Parks DB FR 17 Chris Hurd LB SO 18 Walter Priestley DB FR y 20 Don McGee DB JR 22 Craig Jones DB SO y 23 Ty Jackson DB JR 24 Justin Claborn LB SO 25 Keith Frazier DB JR 27 Robert Conrad DB JR 31 Byron Campbell LB FR y 32 Nathan Roberts DB SO 40 Nick Conder DL FR 41 Chris Barber LB SO 42 Luke Coe LB FR 44 Tommy Harrison LB FR 45 Wayne Moore DL FR 46 Cougar McBride LB FR 47 Aaron Tei LB FR 48 Cody Spencer LB SO y 49 Remon Williams DB FR 50 Donovan Wright DL JR 53 Trey Davis DL SO y 56 Ron Paris DL SR 58 Darrell Daniels DL JR 60 Grady Davis DL FR 65 Luke Conder DL SO y 73 Alex Pahulu DL SR 85 Adrian Awasom DL FR y 86 Lee Clay DL FR 87 Eric Bridges DL JR 90 Brad Kassell LB SR y 91 Chris Ridgeway DL SO 92 Brandon Kennedy DL SO 93 Gabe Hero DL SR 94 Matt Bradshaw DL FR y 95 Evan Cardwell DL FR y 96 Joey Harrison DL FR 97 John Ryan DL JR 98 Chris McIver DL JR 99 Jason McCorkle DL FR 29 Jason Ball K SR 35 Brad Kadlubar P FR y http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/sunbelt/ntexas-roster.htm Darrell Dickey Gary DeLoach (defensive coordinator) Freddie Kitchens (running backs coach) References North Texas Category:North Texas Mean Green football seasons Category:Sun Belt Conference football champion seasons North Texas Mean Green football Category:Long stubs with short prose